Jarman’s opponent sounds warning ahead of title fight

ANTHONY Jarman steps into the ring this Saturday to de­fend his World Boxing Asso­ciation (WBA) Pan-African belt against South Africa’s Nkululeko Mhlongo.
Jarman won the belt in May this year after defeat­ing Christiano Ndombassy from Angola. He won with a sixth-round technical knockout (TKO) to claim the vacant junior middle­weight title at the Windhoek Country Club.
The fight against Mh­longo, also at the Windhoek Country Club, will be the first defence of his Pan-Afri­can title.
While Jarman boasts a fight record of 13 wins, one defeat and a draw from 15 bouts, Mhlongo, on the other hand, has 14 wins and three losses in the paid ranks.
Meanwhile, Mhlongo’s trainer, Sechaba Mabuya, said his boxer will come to Windhoek for one reason, which is to beat Jarman and take the crown back to South Africa.
Said Mabuya: ‘We are out to claim what rightfully belongs to us. We already knew about this fight when we went to Bloemfontein to beat up France in our second fight in October.”
Mhlongo forfeited in Feb­ruary after being involved in a WBF sanctioned bout in Kimberley. He stopped France Ramabolu in the 10th round to retain his in­tercontinental strap.
Mhlongo was supposed to have defended the WBA Pan African belt, but that organisation’s representa­tive, Stan Christodoulou, had no choice but to relieve Mhlongo of his organisa­tion’s belt for his failure to defend it.
Jarman then beat Chris­tiano Ndombassy from An­gola for the vacant strap on 21 May. Mhlongo had won that belt against the same opponent in November last year.
The fight between Jarman and Mabuya is promoted by Kinda Promotions.